Re: Mac OS 8 question

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From: ric
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 00:00

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Peter Ceresole <peter@cara.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> In article <199802180402451573362@thebeast.demon.co.uk>,
> thebeast@nospam.demon.co.uk (Steve Rogers) wrote:
> 
> >> Errr... Spinning arrows?
> >
> >Don't tell me your Mac is so fast you haven't seen them:-)
> 
> Well no... I see a little spinning wheel or a tiny page with writing
> appearing on it (that's IE4) but nothing that I can remember generates a
> spinning arrow.
> 
> Or have I finally flipped..? Or maybe spun..? 

IIRC, Peter is running 7.5.2 . The finder included with OS8 feels slower
than earlier finders, and displays a spinning arrow in the top left
corner of finder windows as it builds the list of what is in the window.
FWIW I find it livable with on a 7200/90, and at least OS8's finder
doesn't die horribly if it encounters a folder with thousands of files
in it.

-- 
'ric

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From: btgsch@rmplc.co.uk (ric)
Subject: Re: Mac OS 8 question
Date: 1998/02/18
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